View Vacancy - Programme Manager – Green Finance Programme
We are looking for a pro-active, engaged individual with a passion for delivering development impacts. The job holder will have three main responsibilities:
Programme Delivery - assist in the management of the green finance sector portfolio, delivering each project objective in time, with VFM and with impact and supports delivery of the wider Programme objectives
- Engage internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities for improving project delivery ensuring impact.
- Reporting progress and project outcomes through regular meetings and informal conversations and ensuring learning is spread.
- Monitor project activities tracking performance and mitigating risks
- Support management of contract with the delivery partner, including the finance administration.
Cross-Whitehall engagement –communication with the wider Brazil Network including DIT teams, ensuring programme opportunities for collaboration are developed and programme impact and wider learning is shared.
- Develop Comms Strategies for the relevant projects with Embassy's & stakeholder's Comms Team.
- Ensure programmes contribute toward policy delivery e.g. track of major policy events/high level visits.
- Contribute to policy reviews.
Policy Delivery
- Know and monitor the current business regulatory environment and development opportunities in the Green Finance sphere for Brazil, including opportunities for and barriers against the programmes objectives. Build relationships with key decision makers in Brazil’s government, civil society and private sector in support of these programmes, including leveraging diplomatic and senior engagement to drive forward regulatory and policy shifts in support of prosperity objectives. Provide reporting on your analysis. Coordinate with others in the Embassy and relevant government departments in London.
- Contribute as needed to related work strands of the UK- Brazil Economic and Financial Dialogue (the annual high level ministerial led dialogue) working closely with Financial Services colleagues across the network and in London to ensure the policy dialogue delivers Green Finance programme and policy objectives.
Support development and implementation of project management tools and business models to improve performance.
Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is committed to developing its staff. There will be opportunities for formal training alongside collaborating with a wide range of colleagues delivering on-the-job learning;
- Working in a diplomatic mission;
- Understanding how UK international development assistance is managed / implemented;
- Understanding effective programme management;
Position is available in Brasilia, Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro.
This opportunity is closed to applications.